<nettime> Oct 1: Brooklyn Museum demo

[Robert Atkins <robertatkins@earthlink.net>]

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Artists, Writers, and NYCLU to Protest New York City Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani’s Latest Attack on the First Amendment at the Brooklyn Museum of
Art

WHAT 

New York Civil Liberties Union protest rally to defend
constitutionally-protected artistic expression at the Brooklyn Museum of
Art which is under attack from New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.

Mayor Giuliani is threatening to cut funding to the Brooklyn Museum of
Art, terminate its lease, and seize control of the museum’s board of
directors if they open “Sensation”, a show featuring the work of young
British artists, on Saturday, October 2nd. Mayor Giuliani has not seen the
show, according to published reports, but has criticized it as “disgusting
and horrible.”

In response to the Mayor’s assault on free expression, the NYCLU along
with some of the city’s artists and writers, and supporters of the
Constitution, have organized a protest rally and candlelight vigil in
front of the Brooklyn Museum of Art. 

WHO 

New York City-based artists and writers, and Norman Siegel, executive
director of the NYCLU, the state affiliate of the American Civil Liberties
Union

WHEN 

Friday, October 1, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. (The exhibit opens the next day.)

WHERE   

In front of the Brooklyn Museum of Art located at 200 Eastern Parkway.
(The Eastern Parkway station on the 2/3 subway trains.) 

CONTACT Eddie Borges at (212) 344-3005 ext 229

Robert Atkins

voice: 212.662.2961
fax:   212.222.4524
email: robertatkins@earthlink.net


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